Custom chart types for Tableau with Viz Extensions | Tableau 2024.2

[@ladataviz]

Hey Tim, great video, as always! Adding a few things: - Great point on allowing users to open the format extensions button from the dashboard. We'll discuss this with the Tableau devs to see if it can be added! - We indeed went to great lengths to add many customization options (and we'll add more before the final release!). The overlap of labels is a good point; it's just not easy! - The current sort is a bit weird indeed: the Tableau devs wanted to make sure a few of each partner devs were showing on top, then they are ordered by publication date (this will probably change in the future) - Currently, if you update the format of the extensions, it will not reload in the dashboard. You can remove it and then Undo, and you'll see the changes. A bit weird, and we hope it'll also be fixed before the release!

[@jddtcw]

Tristan, thanks for all the awesome work you did for the tableau community!!!

[@DCHHolman]

Tableau Tim to youtube site is just unreal. The way he breaks things down and keeps folks that are not in it all the up to date makes him really my damn hero. He is a USA hero and I know across the pond a UK hero!

[@alainponroy2621]

Hello Tim, thank you again for this very interesting video. Thank you for the mention in the "Backed by" banner, I'm very proud to be one of your KZbin backers 🙂

[@TableauTim]

Very welcome! Thank you for backing me :D Finally got to adding that. Will be in all videos going forward :D

[@jddtcw]

Definitely great work from Tristan from LaDataViz. His Iron Viz victory from 2017 TC was still one of the best TC moments! Curious if we can still partition charts with the columns and rows cards like we normally do.

[@TableauTim]

Yes but I expect this will cause different charts to behave differently

[@jddtcw]

​​​@@TableauTim thanks Tim! Always enjoy your preview videos of new features! Any idea when 2024.2 will be released for desktop? Can't wait for your next video on shared dimensions/new data model! They have been talking about viz extension and shared dimensions for 3 TCs now, glad they are finally out!

[@mboss10]

Thanks Tim, do you know if Viz Extension will be available in Tableau Public as well?

[@ladataviz]

They are working on it :)

[@TableauTim]

100% but I think it needs a community exchange as I highlighted in the video.

[@mboss10]

@@ladataviz Thanks Tristan!

[@mboss10]

Thanks @@TableauTim

[@rafaelfigueiredo6621]

Great video, but it's kinda disappointing on Tableau for relying on 3rd party devs to make things that should be available as a standard in the product. I'd be curious to see data on which companies actually use these things. In all the companies I worked so far, extensions were always a no-go. I just don't see a major corporation allowing a network-based extension no matter how safe they are, compliance and internal bureaucracy always make it impossible.

[@TableauTim]

Great feedback. Its not been launched yet though. I guess lets wait and see which charts Tableau make and add to this list.

[@ladataviz]

We can get them installed localy inside your environment so you don't rely on any network but your own internal one :)

[@cidamguscs8924]

Hi Tim, can you guide me how to get the beta version?

[@TableauTim]

Just google “tableau beta” and you should find links to join the programme. First link should show you pre release program

[@cidamguscs8924]

@@TableauTim thank you!!